Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) In this Act--
agent application means an application under section 20.
agent organisms means organisms in respect of which there is in force a declaration by the Authority, under section 27, 28, 29 or 32, that the organisms are agent organisms for the purposes of this Act.
agent recommendation means a recommendation to the Authority by the Council that organisms of a particular kind should be declared to be agent organisms for the purposes of this Act.
Australia includes the external Territories (if any) in respect of which a declaration under section 4(1) of the Commonwealth Act is in force.
Authority means the Queensland Biological Control Authority established by section 8.
Commonwealth Act means the Biological Control Act 1984 (Cwlth).
control, in relation to organisms, includes--
(a) reduce the number of those organisms; and
(b) prevent an increase in the number of those organisms; and
(c) reduce the activity or appetite of some or all of those organisms; and
(d) modify the behaviour or characteristics of some or all of those organisms.
Council means the Agriculture and Resource Management Council of Australia and New Zealand.
kind, in relation to live organisms, means species, subspecies or variety.
organisation includes--
(a) a body corporate; and
(b) an association or other body of persons; and
(c) an association that consists of 2 or more organisations referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b).
organism means--
(a) an organism (whether alive or dead and whether or not indigenous to Australia) other than a human; or
(b) a part of, or matter discharged from, an organism within the meaning of paragraph (a).
person includes an organisation.
prescribed live organisms means live organisms other than live vaccines or resistant cultivars.
relevant law means a law declared by the Authority under section 5 to be a relevant law for the purposes of this Act.
State includes the Northern Territory.
target application means an application under section 11.
target organisms means organisms in respect of which there is in force a declaration by the Authority, under section 18, 28, 29 or 32, that the organisms are target organisms for the purposes of this Act.
target recommendation means a recommendation to the Authority by the Council that organisms of a particular kind should be declared to be target organisms for the purposes of this Act.
Territory does not include the Northern Territory.